Local gin dealers, consumers lament police ‘harassment’

Dealers and consumers of locally brewed gin, popularly known as ‘Ogogoro’ or ‘kai-kai’ have lamented what they described as ‘continued harassment and arrest’ of their members and customers by the police in Aba, Abia State.

Sources alleged that security agents, after the Rivers State incident, have been going about arresting dealers and consumers.

They complained that the continued arrest of their customers would affect their business negatively.

A dealer, Boniface Kalu said that since the Rivers State episode, the police in Aba have been arresting their members and customers alike, only to release them on bail after they pay.